Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993005269
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center
8101 S La Salle St, Chicago, IL 60620 · (773) 535-0040 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
121 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 7% smaller than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
89.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
70.9%
IL avg 37.9% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 70.9% |
| 2023-24 | 82.3% | 61.1% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+31.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 32 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center's state test result (80.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center this school | 300 | 40.3% | 80.0% |
| Franklin Elementary Fine Arts Center Chicago | 348 | 49.7% | 51.6% |
| Suder Montessori Elementary Magnet Schl Chicago | 423 | 43.5% | 30.1% |
| Zenon J Sykuta School Country Club Hills | 273 | 45.4% | N/A |
| Longwood Elementary School Naperville | 346 | 48.8% | 27.8% |
| Jackson Charter School Rockford | 243 | 36.2% | 9.8% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #26 of 1,925 | #11 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #204 of 2,077 ▼ 65 | #75 of 829 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #26 of 2,077 ▼ 11 | #13 of 829 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #1,535 of 2,419 | #637 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,811 of 2,035 | #749 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #877 of 2,042 | #317 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #1,543 of 2,132 | #655 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #408 of 615 | #124 of 186 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
300
+24 (+9%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 300 | 18 | 16.7:1 | 40% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 17 | 17.4:1 | 36% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 16 | 18.1:1 | 34% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 14.2 | 20.0:1 | 34% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 287 | 13 | 22.1:1 | 33% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 14 | 23.1:1 | 27% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 247 | 11 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 11 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (284 to 300); teachers up 27% (14.2 to 18).
About Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center, located in Chicago, Illinois, is a small elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 8, with 300 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 21% smaller than that.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 enrolls 324,396 students in 622 schools, including Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center.
At 67%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center combined. Other students are 13% White, 12% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County residents are about 22% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
With 18 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center was 16.7:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 40%. Across public schools in Cook County, the average is 66%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools. It scores 80.0%; the prediction is 48.2%.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that median household income is about $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 1,406 public schools operate in Cook County, serving about 697,934 students.
Of nearby public schools, Simeon Career Academy High School is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center is ahead of the 13.8% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 276 in 2020-21 and 300 in 2024-25, a gain of 24 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
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- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Simeon Career Academy High School0.4 mi · 1,095
- Westcott Elementary School0.4 mi · 387
- Perspectives Chtr - HS of Tech0.5 mi · 320
- Perspectives Chtr - Leadership Ac0.5 mi · 838
- Neil Elementary School0.6 mi · 258
- Ruggles Elementary School0.6 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center?
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center enrolls approximately 300 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center serve?
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center have?
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
How diverse is Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center?
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center reports a student body of 13% White, 5% Hispanic, 67% Black, 12% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center?
Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
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